YEREVAN (Tert.am), April 28–”The ice has been broken in Turkey,” Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said during Real Politics–a newly-launched TV program broadcast by the Public TV Channel–while commenting on a widely circulated viewpoint that the existence of the Armenia-Turkey Protocols will hinder the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

“First of all, they cannot be an obstacle, and if we look at the recent two years, [we will see] that the publications, comments, discussions, attention [to the Genocide] have been multiplied several times in the world,” said Nalbandian.

According to him the most important changes are those that have recently occurred in Turkey.

“Did you know that in December, 2008, some Turkish intellectuals launched a movement by apologizing to the Armenian nation? About 35,000 Turks joined in that call. Two days ago on the occasion of April 24, for the first time a commemoration was held on the central square of Istanbul dedicated to April 24. The visits the Turks have been paying during the recent two years to the Genocide museum-institute [in Yerevan] have been multiplied compared with previous years,” said Nalbandian.